Seriously random Tuesday
Like Pat said, sometimes, we get distracted by life. That doesn’t mean we stop listening to music. It just means we have less time to write about it.
I’ve been incredibly busy not cleaning my apartment and not doing my laundry so that I might watch reruns of CSI. But then I realized I have two mix CD projects to work on, so here I am at 1 a.m., considering which songs to include on a disc of my favourite songs of all time.
Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer - Morphine
The only song I really like from The Night, “Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer” reminds me of summer in the downtown of a city. It’s every house party you weren’t cool enough to be invited to and then some.
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
I love the seething anger and intensity of this song. I like to listen to this on the bus and imagine that I’m a total badass. I totally am. Underneath my H&M cardigan. Jack White understands my frustration.
Don’t Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
I liked the sweet simplicity of the Beach Boys before they got all heavy, but even then, Brian Wilson’s neuroses were showing. He worried about nothing and everything and it all came out in this harmonious beauty.
The Underdog - Spoon
The top-played song on my iTunes by a long shot. I just love the wordplay here: Cut out the middle man, get free from the middle, man. This is just about perfect, as far as songs go. It supplies all my favourite pop song staples including handclaps, trumpets, tambourines, a swelling middle section that builds and breaks open like a wave and a guy singing la-la-las in a raspy voice.
Life Is Still Sweet - White Hassle
I owe my knowledge of White Hassle to Emmet, of Bulldozer With A Wrecking Ball Attached. He reviewed this album when we both worked for the daily newspaper in Regina and highlighted this song. I sought out White Hassle and fell in love. They are no more, but you can read his review on the band’s website here, that’s how good it is.
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Thanks for this! I really needed that “white Hassle” song - even though I didn’t know it.
Cheers from Korea!